Want to beat the stress of life and other ailments, get your ears coned. Coning one’s ears is a primeval procedure with many curative benefits. This is quite a delicate procedure where the main constituent is the bee wax obtained from the bee hives. The wax being the essential feature in this process, is the key filler in the hollow candle shaped cylindrical structures. The cotton material used in the cylinder is immersed in a suspension of honey and other natural herbal extractions for a period of about a month. The cotton material is then made into a shape of a tube and lit. During the treatment, spanning about half an hour causes the wax to melt, releasing the toxic substances from the ear which then tarnishes and is converted to fumes. During the Egyptian era, the main material in use was linen, derived from flax obtained from the fibres of blued hued flowering plant available throughout the year. Now-a-days, the ten to twelve inches long candles used in the practice, are made  [...]